01-11-10, 08:20 PM
|
#14
|
Fleet Admiral 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 17,052
Downloads: 150
Uploads: 8
|
Soccer is a colloquialism. The official name is Association Football from the laws originally drawn up by the UK based Football Association in 1863 and now goverened by FIFA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/WhoWeAre/HistoryOfTheFA.aspx
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=soccer
|
|
|